Test Tracks at Millbrook Proving Ground

At a glance

Millbrook Proving Ground is home to an iconic car test track in the UK, offering private track hire, event venues, and its own 5G network. First opened in 1970, the test tracks are still used for traditional vehicle testing, as well as simulated testing in a 1mm surface accuracy digital twin.

Millbrook is best known for its test tracks where it performs repeatable tests in a safe and secure environment. Custom-built to simulate the world’s toughest terrains, they provide an invaluable test, development and location resource at a single, secure and well supported site.

Millbrook's test tracks are available for hire by the hour (subject to training and track permit), for running test schedules using Millbrook's own teams of drivers and engineers, and for filming opportunities.

Off-Road UK Test Tracks

Set in 100 acres of hilly countryside, the Millbrook off-road test tracks provide a comprehensive range of terrains for every type of vehicle from soft-roaders to full high-mobility military-specification vehicles.

These test tracks include:

Off-road and severe off-road circuits

One in one - 45º concrete slope

Gravel hills with up to 35º gradient

Sand hills with up to 34º gradient

Gravel road simulating North American unpaved surfaces

60% gradient slopes

25º traverse

Wading pond and trough

Axle bumps

Severe vehicle twists

Concrete ditches and kerbs

Log roll

Offset sinusoidals

We find the facilities and staff very helpful at Millbrook. Other test sites don’t have an off-road course that accommodates our projects as well as Millbrook’s does.Matt Billington at Triumph

The off-road test tracks offer a unique facility for the evaluation of powertrains, transmissions, dynamics, braking and active systems

The MAD 5K Challenge is a run raising money for Help for Heroes. It takes place at Millbrook Proving Ground – across the Hill Route and the Off-Road test tracks

Every other year, Millbrook hosts DVD - a military exhibition attended by professionals from across the defence acquisition and support sectors, and military and industry stakeholders